Wu Shattered Star River

The Dark Path army retreated, and the eighth-level Dao Ancestor realm experts on the Light Path side immediately ordered a pursuit.

Such a good opportunity shouldn't be wasted; the enemy's morale was collapsing, making it the perfect time to hunt them down.

The army roared away in pursuit, but Jiang Han didn't join them; he returned to the main city.

After waiting for half an hour, the three eighth-level Dao Ancestor realm experts returned. As soon as they entered the city, they went directly to Jiang Han's estate.

Jiang Han quickly rose and bowed in greeting.

"Hahaha!"

Of the three Dao Ancestor realm experts, only one was from the Light Assembly, and not even from the Pei family. He laughed and said, "Jiang Han, you and I are both Sect Leaders, you don't need to bow to me. We must thank you this time!"

Jiang Han's promotion to Sect Leader was met with dissatisfaction by many Sect Leaders in the Light Assembly. After all, Jiang Han was a body cultivator and not a true eighth-level Dao Ancestor realm expert. They felt it was a bit shameful to be Sect Leaders alongside him.

Jiang Han had taken action once before, and the Sect Leaders on that side had reported his battle merits, but the news hadn't spread.

This time, Jiang Han's actions completely subdued these three eighth-level Dao Ancestor realm experts.

Without Jiang Han, this battle would have lasted much longer, and their side might have even collapsed.

The Dark Path was slightly stronger overall. If they had lost, they wouldn't have been punished, but it would have been recorded, negatively impacting them.

Now, Jiang Han single-handedly reversed the situation, leading them to a great victory. Naturally, they were very grateful to Jiang Han.

Jiang Han exchanged a few pleasantries, then said, "The three of you are busy, I still have military duties. Now that the battle situation has stabilized, I'll be leaving!"

Jiang Han's humility pleased the three eighth-level Dao Ancestor realm experts even more. They all said they would have a good gathering when Jiang Han returned next time, and then took their leave.

"Eh?"

After he revealed himself, no ice beasts rushed out from the ground, surprising him.

Last time, this area was full of ice beasts. Where had they all gone? Had they all gone south?

He quickly soared into the air and flew north, but after flying for over an hour, he didn't encounter a single ice beast.

He continued flying north for over three hours, then flew east for over a day before stopping.

In over a day, he hadn't encountered a single ice beast!

There were only two possibilities: the ice beasts had been transferred to the north or south, to the Dark Path or Flame Path's territory, secretly lurking somewhere, preparing to enter the battlefield.

The matter was important, and Jiang Han didn't dare to linger. He traveled spatially north, investigating as he went. After half a day, he traveled spatially south.

After continuous spatial travel, he reached the edge of the Land of Extreme Cold and began to search along the edge, looking for the missing ice beasts.

He traveled spatially very fast, but the territory was too vast. Who knew where the ice beasts were?

He searched along the edge of the Land of Extreme Cold for three days, but found nothing.

He could only go south to investigate.

As he went south, he discovered a team of scouts and a Saint Ruler-level scout commander.

He attacked and killed the team of scouts, captured the Saint Ruler-level scout alive, and then searched his soul.

He was disappointed. The scout commander had some information about the ice beasts, confirming that the Ice Snow Clan would support the Dark Path. But the scout commander didn't know where the ice beasts had gone.

Jiang Han could only continue south to search, investigating several large cities and some large mountain ranges, but still failed to find a single ice beast or Ice Snow Clan member.

"Go to the Dark Path's headquarters!"

Jiang Han pondered for a moment. If the ice beasts had really gone to the battlefield, they were likely at one of the Dark Path's main headquarters.

Regardless of fatigue, Jiang Han headed south to the Dark Path's headquarters.

Seven days later, he arrived at a headquarters and searched it, but found nothing.

The headquarters was a huge mountain range. He didn't dare go to the summit, as there were definitely supreme experts there, but the Ice Snow Clan shouldn't be there.

"Where did the Ice Snow Clan and ice beasts go?"

Jiang Han was puzzled. Had he made a wrong deduction?

He pondered for a moment and searched the vicinity of the headquarters. The Ice Snow Clan shouldn't be with the Dark Path's major clans; they might be stationed in a separate location.

He searched for a while without finding anything, so he attacked a team of scouts, quietly killing them and capturing the scout commander, then taking him away to search his soul.

"Hmm?"

This time, the soul search yielded some results. Although the scout commander didn't have any information about the Ice Snow Clan, a piece of information in his mind made Jiang Han feel strange.

Several million miles west of the headquarters was a valley, previously the location of a sect. Recently, the sect had moved, and a nearby area was strictly forbidden to any cultivators.

"Go!"

Jiang Han felt something was amiss and immediately traveled spatially to the valley, finding it in just an hour.

Before he even got close, he discovered that the area was full of scouts and various spies, forming a tight surveillance network. The closer he got to the valley, the more scouts there were.

"There's a big secret in the valley!"

Jiang Han quietly approached the valley. Upon arrival, he discovered that the valley had activated a city-protecting formation, sealing off the entire valley.

He circled the valley and found a hidden teleportation gate nearby, guarded by Kan Clan soldiers.

"Enter!"

Jiang Han was bold and skilled, directly rushing into the teleportation gate. A flash of white light, and he appeared inside the valley.

As soon as he appeared in the valley, he instantly concealed himself and teleported away to investigate.

"As expected!"

A sweep of his soul revealed tens of thousands of Ice Snow Clan members in the valley, the strongest reaching the eighth-level Dao Ancestor realm, but he didn't find a single ice beast.

"Shu shu shu!"

The cultivators guarding the outside of the Kan Clan teleported in, immediately searching everywhere, alarming the Ice Snow Clan in the valley.

"Go!"

Jiang Han didn't linger. The city-protecting formation didn't restrict space, so he could teleport away.

He released the Immortal Evasion Technique and teleported away, then headed south to Meteor City.

He activated his token, and soon Ruan Shanfu arrived, bowing to Jiang Han.

Jiang Han handed Ruan Shanfu a piece of information and said, "Immediately send a message to Lord Yun Xu. The Ice Snow Clan has arrived at the Dark Path's headquarters, but no ice beasts have been seen. It's very likely that these ice beasts are being carried in spatial artifacts or something."

"The Ice Snow Clan may attack at any time, please have the Light Assembly prepare for a major battle!"